癫痫

癲癇

diānxián

noun #7,090

Meanings

他患有癫痫。

Tā huànyǒu diānxián.

He has epilepsy.

癫痫可以通过药物控制。

Diānxián kěyǐ tōngguò yàowù kòngzhì.

Epilepsy can be controlled with medication.

memory

Both characters share the 疒 (illness) radical, signaling this is a medical condition. 癫 relates to madness/seizure, 痫 specifically means epilepsy.

癫 diān

痫 xián